Lenovo Moto Z2 Force

Lenovo Moto Z2 Force is like the original Moto Z Force, the big selling point of this phone is that it’s got a shatterproof display. Motorola promises that the 5.5-inch Quad HD AMOLED screen won’t crack or break from the everyday drops that spell certain doom for other smartphones. That’s more than what all other manufacturers can give. The usual Gorilla Glass is near scratch proof but is definitely not crack or shatter proof. The secret to all this is that the display is, well, plastic. Several layers of plastic. It makes plastic sounds when user press near the fingerprint reader in some spots. One of the biggest changes to the design this year is the phone’s thickness, or rather lack thereof. The Z2 Force is almost a full millimeter thinner than its predecessor, which was just 7mm thick, meaning the company needed to include a much smaller battery in the phone this time around. The Z2 Force has a downsized battery of just 2730mAh. That’s a big drop from the 3500mAh battery of last year. But thanks to the efficient Snapdragon 835 processor, the change doesn’t completely tank the phone’s endurance. It’ll still get a user through a day of typical use. Under the hood, it has Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 processor, 4 gigs of RAM and 64 gigs of storage. The phone’s storage can be further increased by up to 128GB using the microSD card expansion. That’s basically the status quo spec sheet for 2017 Android flagships, and it’s a strong combination yet again here.

Motorola’s signature improvements to stock Android are all present, too. Moto Display gives a user a helpful view of notifications that are coming in without fully waking their phone, and the user can reply to some messages right from the lock screen. Moto Voice now has its own “Show Me” command for opening apps or showing their calendar or the weather. The second headline feature of the Z2 Force is its dual-lens camera. This year, the device trades in a single 21 MP rear camera for a pair of 12 MP sensors, both of which feature 1.25µm pixels, a f/2.0 aperture, as well as phase-detection and laser-assisted autofocus. The second rear sensor is monochrome, so the user will get to take advantage of native black-and-white photos, as well as selective focusing and multi-image processing. The camera is strong in good lighting and puts out nice detail, though it can struggle with saturated reds. In addition, the device also comes with a 5 MP front-facing camera. The family of Moto Mods is still novel and useful in their own way. The JBL speaker sounds great, and the new 4K 360-degree camera would be a ton of fun to take on vacations. Video quality is excellent outdoors, and the four built-in microphones expand on the immersion further by recording 3D audio.